Lian Xue

Assistant Professor

E-mail：lian.xue@nju.edu.cn

        Atmospheric pollutants are contributed by both natural events (wildfires, dust storms, ...) and human activities (industry, agriculture, …), and they have critical interactions with weather and climate. While weather and climate processes modulate atmospheric compositions, these components in turn significantly influence the weather-climate systems themselves. Understanding these interplays is crucial for predicting the effects of climate change and formulating effective strategies to address them.

        If you are interested in exploring this area, you are very welcome to apply to join my research group.

EMPLOYMENT

2025.09 – Now             Assistant Professor, Nanjing-Helsinki Institute, Nanjing University

2024.05 – 2025.06      Junior Professional Officer (JPO), World Climate Research Programme, Science and Innovation Department, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

2021.10 – 2025.08      Research Scientist, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University

EDUCATION

2019 – 2020       Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Finland, visiting postgraduate student (supported by the Finnish Government’s scholarship)

2021                   Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China

2016                   B.Sc. in Atmospheric Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Weather/climate-atmospheric pollutants interactions; wildfires and their climate effects; earth system modeling

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Xue, L., Ding, A., Cooper, O., Huang, X., Wang, W., Zhou, D., et al. (2020). ENSO and Southeast Asian biomass burning modulate subtropical trans-Pacific ozone transport. National Science Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa132

Xue, L., Zhou, D., Huang, X., Lou, S., & Ding, A. (2022). Climatological Characteristics of Cold Fronts and Their Impacts on Air Quality in Cold Seasons Over the Eastern China, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(22), e2022JD037488

Xue, L., Lou, S., Huang, X., & Ding, A. (2022). Subseasonal reversal of haze pollution over the North China Plain, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 100274

Huang, X.#, Xue, L.#, Wang, Z., Liu, Y., Ding, K., & Ding, A. (2024). Escalating Wildfires in Siberia Driven by Climate Feedbacks Under a Warming Arctic in the 21st Century. AGU Advances, 5(4), e2023AV001151. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023AV001151 (The first two authors contributed equally to this work)

Xue, L., Ding, K., Huang, X., Zhu, A., Lou, S., Wang, Z., et al. (2025). Biomass burning plumes from Indochina toward southern China: Predominant synoptic weather processes and interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130, e2024JD041813. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041813.

Zheng, H., Xue, L.*, Ding, K., Lou, S., Wang, Z., Ding, A., & Huang, X. (2023). ENSO-Related Fire Weather Changes in Southeast and Equatorial Asia: A Quantitative Evaluation Using Fire Weather Index. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128(21), e2023JD039688. (Corr. author)

Wang, Z., Xue, L., Liu, J., Ding, K., Lou, S., Ding, A., ... & Huang, X. (2022). Roles of atmospheric aerosols in extreme meteorological events: A systematic review. Current Pollution Reports, 8(2), 177-188.

Jingyi Liu, Xue, L., Xin Huang, Zilin Wang, Sijia Lou, Aijun Ding, 2022. Intensified haze formation and meteorological feedback by complex terrain in the North China Plain region. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aosl.2022.100273.

Liu, X., Zhu, Y., Xue, L., Desai, A. R., & Wang, H. (2022). Cluster‐Enhanced Ensemble Learning for Mapping Global Monthly Surface Ozone From 2003 to 2019. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(11), e2022GL097947.

Yang, Y., Wang, Z., Lou, S., Xue, L., Lu, J., Wang, H., Wang, J., Ding, A., & Huang, X.(2022). Strong ozone intrusions associated with super dust storms in East Asia, Atmospheric Environment, 290, 119355

Huang, X., Ding, K., Liu, J., Wang, Z., Tang, R., Xue, L., Wang, H., Zhang, Q., Tan, Z.-M., Fu, C., Davis, S. J., Andreae, M. O., & Ding, A.(2023). Smoke-weather interaction affects extreme wildfires in diverse coastal regions, Science, 379(6631), 457-461

Niu, G., Qi, X., Chen, L., Xue, L., Lai, S., Huang, X., et al. (2023). The variation in the particle number size distribution during the rainfall: wet scavenging and air mass changing. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23(13), 7521-7534.

Lu, J., Lou, S., Huang, X., Xue, L., Ding, K., Liu, T., et al. (2023). Stratospheric Aerosol and Ozone Responses to the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcanic Eruption. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(4), e2022GL102315.

Wang, Z., Huang, X., Xue, L., Ding, K., Lou, S., Zhu, A., & Ding, A. (2024). Intensification of Mid-Latitude Cyclone by Aerosol-Radiation Interaction Increases Transport of Canadian Wildfire Smoke to Northeastern US. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(13), e2024GL108444. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108444

Hao, Y., Wang, Z., Xue, L., Lou, S., Ding, K., Qin, Y., & Huang, X. (2024). Modeling the Effects of Vegetation and Snow on Dust Storm Over the Gobi Desert. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(22), e2024JD041407. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041407

Hua, W., Lou, S., Huang, X., Xue, L., Ding, K., Wang, Z., & Ding, A. (2024). Diagnosing uncertainties in global biomass burning emission inventories and their impact on modeled air pollutants. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(11), 6787-6807. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6787-2024

Lin, H., Ding, K., Huang, X., Lou, S., Xue, L., Wang, Z., . . . Ding, A. (2024). Impacts of Northward Typhoons on Autumn Haze Pollution Over North China Plain. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(6), e2023JD040465. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040465